Bass Lake 6/6/10

We had a fantastic day at Bass Lake in the Sierra Nevada-connected with Jay and Dar te Velde & Family- boating, floating, tubing, wake boarding, and relaxing.You are most likely perplexed by the splash photo?- that is actually Matt wake boarding somewhere in between "I am so in control- and- Oh $@*&e". We visited Gpa Bern who was wrapping up a church camping outing & on the way home. We toured Judy's Uncle Henry & Marie's home-WOW!! Matt got some great ideas for the future-the last photo is of Matt @ Jake in front of the guest house-and then -this is the best- Boston beat the Lakers in LA- the perfect ending to a fantastic day-KADALAK

Work Day Three

Jake & Matt in action modifying a water trough-installing a new drain which they guarantee will not leak!! So far they have modified 7 water troughs-many more to go. The work vehicle is a 1987 Misubishi which I purchased new for $4995. We picked up the big hats and boots at a local hardware store. Today the boys filled another dumpster with unusable stuff from our soon to be immaculate shop. Tomorrow we fix leaky soakers for our Happy Cows in California-90 degrees today- 100 by the weekend-KADALAK

Instructor of the Blog

We hired a professional blog instructor, she is expecting as well. She is a great teacher! Rouge Rose buisson(Red Rose bush)Pudah

Card Sharks!

The big winner is Emily! Practicing our blogging, and our French! Bon Soir(Good Evening)

Memorial Day 2010

The family rode our bikes to the Visalia Cemetery to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice so we can enjoy all of our freedom here in the USA. We had a few bike issues -so Jake & I dusted off the tandem and raced down Goshen Avenue. We arrived to the sound of rifles- followed by "Taps" . Over 1800 large flags were on display each representing a local soldier who died serving our country- it was a powerful sight. We also visited the graves of loved ones- including GMA Harry for the first time since her funeral-miss her a lot. Abbey travels to Wales today- she has been gone for a week already-That's all for now- getting warmed up for the Tour-36 days till takeoff from LAX-Air France-Au Revoir(Good Bye) -KADALAK

Michigan Work Crew

Jake @ Matt have arrived in Central Cal!! A little work and a little play is the plan of action- Jake on left -Matt on right- OLD GUY in middle-KADALAK